I saw a news item about nerve regeneration . Apparently there is a spider known as the Madagascan spider, whose silk can be used to encourage new nerve growth in the human body. Once the nerve has grown, the silk begins to dissolve and the person is left with a re -grown nerve. I am unsure if this is helpful to us here, as I understand that it is probably solely the nerve pathways that are damaged and not the nerves but certainly nerve pain is something we suffer from, or some of us, anyway. I found it intersting, anyway.
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Even if it isn’t helpful to stroke survivors, it’s a pretty cool way of doing it. 
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@Shorn I have not heard of this but the thought give me the 
, not for me. Have a great day 
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It’s amazing what they can do these days.
Fascinating, Shorn. You don’t get the spider inside you. It lives a peaceful life in Madagascar, unaware that a bioengineer stole its family recipe, taught it to a goat, and is currently freeze-drying it into a foam to backfill a spinal lesion.
It’s a very roundabout way to get repaired, but it beats the alternative.
Currently, this is a surgical material. If you had a severed nerve in your arm or leg, a surgeon would open the site and sew this silk tube (conduit) to the two healthy ends of the nerve, creating a tunnel for the nerve to grow through.
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More mind blowing stuff.
I mean how on earth did someone discover that:
a spider known as the Madagascan spider, whose silk can be used to encourage new nerve growth in the human body. Once the nerve has grown, the silk begins to dissolve and the person is left with a re -grown nerve.
How does one go about discovering this?
I mean I don’t even know what a Madagascan spider is let along it produces silk that can encourage nerve growth in the human body.
Val @Shorn , if passable, please share the news item or details of this research as I am truly fascinated how this discovery came about.
Thank you.
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@pando The thought still makes me puke But you did make me smile with your comments 
Have a great day 
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Sounds like the start of a superhero origin movie haha
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If you are feeling nauseous at the thought of this @IreneFC - help is at hand.
“Venezuelan Pinkfoot Goliath Tarantula: Researchers from the University of Queensland found that two peptides in this spider’s venom can block pain signals, showing promise for treating chronic intestinal pain and associated nausea”.
Looks like we have a lot to thank for our eight-legged creepy crawlies.
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I just Earth ; Nature does not allow me to be in pain.
By having this pathway I can avoid being on pain killers.
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Unless you have lived in Australia and have experienced stepping on bindis 
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